I Guess I'm Floating — Our buddies at Friend Records in Baltimore just let us know about a new free compilation of theirs called Friends and Friends of Friends, which they released today (download here). Amongst new tracks from the likes of Weekends, Future Islands, Winks... more info

Pitchfork - Tours — 04-22 Washington, DC - Black Cat *04-23 Charlottesville, VA - Twisted Branch Tea Bazaar 04-24 Greensboro, NC - Guilford College04-30 Baltimore, MD - Floristree *05-01 Brooklyn, NY - Death By Audio *05-02 Philadelphia, PA - Danger Danger Gallery *05-0... more info

Pasta Primavera — Baltimore’s Future Islands have been picking up a load of praise for their new album In Evening Air.  I LOVE THIS ALBUM.  Its cemented in my mind as one of the best albums out this year.  It comes out next month via Thrill Jockey and obvio... more info

Stereogum — The chiming, upbeat psychedelia of “Natural Selection,” UNKLE’s collaboration with onetime BTW Black Angels, contrasts with “Caged Bird,” an especially sinister Where Did The Night Fall track. Celebration’s Katrina Ford ably handles the v... more info

I Guess I'm Floating — Baltimore's Future Islands killed it in 2008 with Wave Like Home and they're killing it again in twenty-ten with In Evening Air. Here's the album's first single, "Tin Man," with a special shout out to all the heartless, painted-faced, lovesick fools... more info

Stereogum — Future Islands’ In Evening Air is a great album that’s unexpectedly become something I listen to almost once daily. (Actually, maybe me liking smart, shaggy, sorta dark DIY new wave isn’t unexpected.) At the end of March I posted “In The Fall... more info

DrownedInSound — Hmmmm. We did mention overload when we ran that HEALTH video earlier yesterday, but since our back-end was totally ruined all of Monday we've had little else to do other than dunk biscuits into ever-increasing cups of tea and b) watch plenty of music... more info

Pitchfork - TV — — Footage of beach houses, costumed strangers, and live shows make up this video from the Baltimore new-wavers. Director: Jay Buim. more info

Pitchfork - Forkcast — Shots of salamanders, beach houses, and unsafe fireworks-related activities are alongside performance footage in this video for Baltimore post-punk trio Future Islands' "Tin Man". The track is taken from their Thrill Jockey debut, In Evening Air, out... more info

NME - The Daily Download — Chicago label Thrill Jockey are just doing so much amazing stuff right now I think it's only fair to give them their own post. First up Lazer Crystal. You want the nonsense bio or the real one? Well, they're "a musical node comprised of three humans... more info